Month: July 2007
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fine dining with grandaughters
When a trio of granddaughters began visiting more frequently, I went to yard sales and loaded up on Disney water glasses, Garfield mugs and Kelloggs cereal bowls for them to use. They fought over who covered Snap, Crackle and Pop with Cheerios and whose turn it was to drink Kool-Aid with Snow White. But, as…
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Watching baby grow
All eyes focused on the cousins tucked securely in high chairs. The parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles surrounding them represented a variety of jobs and interests, but the two little boys received the bulk of the attention that evening. Not because they misbehaved, but because both are firstborns – and something about that first child,…
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Granny robs a bank
Aprons may be out of fashion these days, but parents still find it difficult to cut their symbolic strings attached to their children. This year’s “Uncut Apron Strings” award goes to Marilyn DeVine, 75, A Korean War Veteran, former teacher and Veteran’s Administration hospital nurse for more than 30 years. Last week in Pennsylvania, Devine…
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Nephews perfect bear hunt
Only morning birds’ songs broke the silence of the forest in the pre-dawn hours when two of my nephews set out in search of a black bear. They carried a video camera, a quiver of arrows and the bow my sister’s husband spent many hours of intensive hand labor to produce. He calls his elegantly…